By Shelia Dunn, NMA Communications Director The website Chief Investment Officer posted in June a lament for how tough it is for toll roads right now. Here’s a quote, “The typically stable asset class has been hit as traffic levels have dropped 40 percent to 85 percent globally, S&P analysts say.” So the website tells […]
24 Blog Posts From the VMT Tag
Is it Really Tough Times for Toll Roads Ahead?
July 13, 2020
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ATFI, Congestion Pricing, E-ZPass, Gas Tax, Infrastructure, infrastructure funding, NMA, OOIDA, PPP, Public Private Partnership, REVENUE GENERATION, ROAD-USER FEES, TOLL, Toll Roads, TOLLING, tolls, VMT
Hammer Down! Highway Speed Limits Increase in Arkansas
June 26, 2020
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85TH PERCENTILE, FHWA, IIHS, LEGISLATION, MUTCD, Speed Limits, traffic safety, VMT
By Thomas Beckett, Arkansas NMA Member Initially, I had wanted to write my next post on how Amendment 100 would be implemented. This amendment entails casino gambling and how those casino taxes will be assessed and distributed to support highway funding. Instead of how the casino taxes will help fund infrastructure in Arkansas, I decided […]
Contact Tracing in the Time of COVID-19 Crisis
April 20, 2020
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ACLU, ALPR, Bluetooth, CELL PHONE, Contact Tracing, Facial Recognition, FOURTH AMENDMENT, GPS, LEGISLATION, license plate readers, NMA, PRIVACY, Stingray, Technology, Tenth Amendment, VMT
Written by Shelia Dunn, NMA Communications Director with Joe Cadillic, MassPrivatel Blog The Street Surveillance Watch Blog comes to you biweekly on the National Motorists Association Blog. If you have comments or suggestions, write a comment after this blog or contact us at [email protected] Contact Tracing in the Time of COVID-19 Crisis Disturbing surveillance trends […]
Tesla all over the Map and other Auto Tech Watch News for February 9, 2020
February 9, 2020
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ATW, Auto Industry, Car Care, DRIVER EDUCATION, DRIVERLESS CARS, Electric Vehicle, Flying Car, Infrastructure, INSURANCE, NHTSA, SAFETY, Technology, TOWING, V2X, VMT
By Shelia Dunn, NMA Communications Director The electric car company Tesla run by CEO Elon Musk seemed to pull in a great deal of news the past several weeks. The biggest was probably this story: Tesla, which has never had a profitable year, is now worth more than GM, Ford and Fiat Chrysler. Combined. The […]
Virginia Tax Relief—Right!
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January 28, 2020
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Electric Vehicle, Eric Peters, Exhaust Sniffers, Fuel, Gas Tax, INSPECTION FEE, REVENUE GENERATION, Road User Charge, SAFETY, VMT, VMT Tax
Car dealers are amateurs when it comes to the bait-and-switch. The true masters of this art are politicians such as Virginia Governor Ralph Northam. He tantalizes empty-pocketed taxpayers whose pockets are empty, with lower taxes in exchange for higher ones. Of course, he doesn’t quite put it that way, much less explain what he’s up to, […]
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